Innocent.

To the former child that was me.

Behind a silver door does speak,

An owl of burning ember beaks,

A soft touch feather touches they sight,

Does fly up home alone at night,

The howling wolf you hear his call,

Blood soaked teeth he does fall,

Evil eyes he stops and stares,

Growling first to be oh so fair,

Beast of sky, beast of mount,

Whirl thy wind on every count,

Cracking house on rock tops,

Empty sirens that never stop,

Boneless body that slides and flops,

Hear the innocent heart go pop.

Reviews

[Coyote Poetry]

I miss the day of being young. I remember reading the Jack London books. Dreaming of the wildness and freedom. (I was raised in the city of Detroit.) I like the poem. With my 15 years in the Army. It gave me the opportunity to be in the woods and learn to respect the animals. Last line is a old man dream.
"Hear the innocent heart go pop."
A excellent poem.
Coyote

[Rene Velez]

Clever rhyme scheme, and great imagery....the beauty of childhood.

[Dayran]

Doing something seemingly without cause creates such a wonder, especially in a young boy. Sometimes that's necessary to awake someone who would not respond to anything else. Its the way a child's mind opens to the world, in seemingly incredible things. Thereafter it needs to be guided into an understanding of nature and that which is defined as ' normal.'

However managing a wonder sense has its peculiarities. Its adrenalin based, rush on blood which can dismisses in an instant the boy's natural tendency to rely on milk-based, cuddly influences. At this point, the boy may be better off with the mother, if the father's wonder magic is slow. Nice write!

[Elizabeth Porterfield]

Beautifully dark and amazing. Don't think me insane, but I love the imagery in this very descriptive peice!

[Cassie Fraga]

WOW!! holds a dark feel... very well written my friend... kept me on edge the whole time. NOW, THATS TALENT!!

[Brantwijn]

I enjoy the fact that the title of this poem is "Innocence", and the imagery in this poem goes quite contrary to what one might expect to associate with that concept. It's a very dark poem, tonally, and I enjoy that quite a bit. Very vibrant writing, and I can sense a brooding feeling of nostalgia, too.

[fireblossom]

Damn I wish I was from Ireland. There's a deepness and tone and a rhythm to your words that springs from the land I think. I enjoyed reading this. Self-reflective and important. Nice piece of writing.

[Angelic Surrender]

Very insightful and powerful. Good work :)

[Tamia123]

This was a brillently done piece! I loved every mintue of it :)

[Sarah Nicole Nadler]

Wow, frightening and well written!